Convention of 1836

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constitutional convention revolutionary assembly

The Convention of 1836 was the assembly of Texan delegates at Washington-on-the-Brazos that declared Texas independent from Mexico and drafted its founding constitution.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Convention of 1836 canonical	7
Washington-on-the-Brazos Convention	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional convention ⓘ revolutionary assembly ⓘ
adjacentToEvent	Battle of the Alamo ⓘ Runaway Scrape ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ surface form: Texas Independence Convention Convention of 1836 ⓘ surface form: Washington-on-the-Brazos Convention
appliesToTerritory	Texas ⓘ
authorOfDeclaration	George C. Childress NERFINISHED ⓘ
chairperson	Richard Ellis ⓘ
conflict	Texas Revolution ⓘ
country	Republic of Texas ⓘ
countryBeforeEvent	Mexico ⓘ
draftedBy	George C. Childress NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate	1836-03-17 ⓘ
followedBy	Congress of the Republic of Texas ⓘ surface form: Government of the Republic of Texas election of interim officials of the Republic of Texas ⓘ
hasNumberOfDelegates	59 ⓘ
hasPart	adoption of an interim government ⓘ drafting of the Constitution of the Republic of Texas ⓘ drafting of the Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
jurisdiction	Texas ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalEffect	created the Republic of Texas as an independent nation ⓘ
locatedIn	Northeastern Mexico ⓘ surface form: Mexican Texas Texas ⓘ
location	Washington-on-the-Brazos ⓘ
mainSubject	Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836) ⓘ surface form: Texas Constitution of 1836 Texas Revolution ⓘ surface form: Texas independence
organizedBy	Texan delegates ⓘ
president	Richard Ellis ⓘ
result	Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836) ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the Republic of Texas Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ establishment of an interim government of Texas ⓘ formal separation of Texas from Mexico ⓘ
significance	founding political assembly of the Republic of Texas ⓘ
significantEvent	Texas Declaration of Independence ⓘ
significantFigure	George C. Childress NERFINISHED ⓘ James Collinsworth ⓘ José Navarro ⓘ surface form: José Antonio Navarro José Francisco Ruiz ⓘ Lorenzo de Zavala ⓘ Richard Ellis ⓘ Sam Houston ⓘ Thomas J. Rusk ⓘ surface form: Thomas Jefferson Rusk William B. Travis ⓘ
startDate	1836-03-01 ⓘ
timePeriod	Texas Revolution ⓘ
vicePresident	Lorenzo de Zavala ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Texas Revolution → hasPart → Convention of 1836 ⓘ

Collin McKinney → participantIn → Convention of 1836 ⓘ

Convention of 1836 → alsoKnownAs → Convention of 1836 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington-on-the-Brazos Convention

Texas Declaration of Independence → adoptedBy → Convention of 1836 ⓘ

Washington-on-the-Brazos → significantEvent → Convention of 1836 ⓘ

Richard Ellis → participatedIn → Convention of 1836 ⓘ

James Power → memberOf → Convention of 1836 ⓘ

subject surface form: James Power (Texas empresario)

José Francisco Ruiz → participantIn → Convention of 1836 ⓘ